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Welcome
This is a student site for The Harker School's "Population
Concepts" curriculum. You can find a variety of web links and sites
corresponding to topics covered in your classes. Any suggestions or additions
can be mailed to jeffn@harker.org.
Related Sources
Part 1
Slide 33: See the population
clock and to find out how many people were on the planet when you were
born. (requires
Shockwave)
Also see: Zero Population Growth
Part 3
Find a list of the world’s largest cities (such as Tokyo, Sao Paulo,
Mexico City or New York). Select one city and find three facts about how
population density shapes the lifestyle in that place. (Example: In Tokyo,
the average highway speed is 10 miles per hour due to heavy traffic.)
Students might share pictures via the web which show the effects of high
population density on lifestyles in their area.
Explore: The
CIA World Factbook
Part 4
Slide 12: Students might share pictures via the web which show the effects
of high population density on lifestyles in their area.
Enrichment: http://www.facingthefuture.org/
Part 5
Slide 22: U.S.
Fish and Game Site - Endangered Species Slide Show (mirrored at Harker)
Enrichment: U.S. Fish and Game Site
Part 6
Slide 6: Information on birth control:
Planned Parenthood of America
Johns Hopkins University Population Information Program, Population
Reports
Slides 28-29: China:
China’s
Population Increase and Prescribed Remedies
Chinese Children Adoption
International
East Asia Center on Population
Resources and Welfare
Slide 36: More information on US consumption of resources (same as Part 4 Enrichment)
Additional Research Links
Californians for Population Stabilization-for information about government
action and population
http://www.calweb.com/~caps/
For California population projections
http://www.npg.org/states/ca.htm
U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov
Information about International Actions
http:// www.populationaction.org
Millennium Institute
http://www.igc.org/millennium/
Sierra Club on Overpopulation
http://www.overpopulation.org/
Information on birth control:
Planned Parenthood of America
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/
International Planned Parenthood Western Hemisphere
http://www.ippfwhr.org/
Johns Hopkins University Population Information Program
Population Reports
The Population Institute
http://www.populationinstitute.org/
Population Index, from Princeton University
http://popindex.princeton.edu/
China’s Population Increase and Prescribed Remedies
http://www2.cwrl.utexas.edu/~bill/306/pennington/chinahomepage.html
An Overview of China’s Problems
http://www2.cwrl.utexas.edu/~bill/306/pennington/back.html
Chinese Children Adoption International
http://www.adoptchina.org/ccai/ccai.html
East Asia Center on Population Resources and Welfare
http://www.pacrim.ucdavis.edu/
Population Trends in China
http://www.night.net/rosie/population.html
China’s Population and Grain Supply
http://www.night.net/rosie/0397-population.html
China’s Population Future
http://www.wri.org/wri/enved/giants/chi-pop.html
Baby Boys vs. Baby Girls
http://www.euthanasia.com/abort-ch.html
China Today
http://www.chinaolympics.com/ctoday/populat.htm
The Education of China’s Female Population
http://china-window.com/beijing/women/a:educate.html